New Yorkers cheer as man helped from subway tracks

NEW YORK New Yorkers do care: A fellow rider helped a man who wound up on the subway tracks.

It occurred days after another man was pushed to his death in front of an oncoming train. No one seemingly came to his aid.

Voice of America journalist Margaret Besheer says it happened Thursday night at Bowling Green station in Lower Manhattan.

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She saw a disoriented man sitting between the rails. People on the platform were screaming "a train is coming!" Next, she saw another man on the tracks helping the victim to his feet.

The train stopped before entering the station. Cheers erupted as the two men pulled themselves up to the platform.

Authorities didn't have details of the incident Friday. The New York Post reported it first.

"It was like the other day all over again," Besheer told the Post, referring to 58-year-old Ki-Suk Han. The Queens father was killed by an oncoming Q train after he was pushed onto the tracks.

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[inketolstoy]

What? No journalists there to alert the train to stop by taking pictures?

But thanks to the guy that helped. You not only saved a life, but restored some hope in others for humanity.

[yelobrikroad]

What no picture?? OH YEAH NOBODY DIED SO NO PHOTOGRAPHER TOOK ONE OF A JOYOUS ENDING!!!

Bloody hell.

[Mr-Drivel]

You've got to be kidding me. This story comes out because of the other incident? It must mean the people of NY are all forgiven in everything they neglected to do. Good Grief. O_o Sad propaganda ways CBS.

[bobnjersey]

[Cheers erupted as the two men pulled themselves up to the platform.]
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so ... they had to pull 'themselves' up from the platform ... while everyone was 'cheering'?

[Colt4542]

Why not modify the platforms to work like the ones at Orlando, FL and Atlanta, GA shuttles? Similar to an elevator there are two doors, one on the train and another on the "platform", which is not really a platform but a boarding hallway. The trains are electrically controlled to always stop so the doors align. I'm not a frequent flyer but I'm sure there are other airports across the country with similar setups. The old fashioned subway platform design is inherently dangerous.

[enlightenu]

To have that system in a small rail like at an airport is expensive but feasible. Obviously you've never been to NYC. Do you know how many stations would have to be outfitted with such a system? The costs would be astronomical.